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P. TILL. CROCHET N EEDLE HOLDER AND MAGAZINE.

Patented June 27, 1922.

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T (M whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Parr-in TILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State 01 New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crochet-Needle Holders and Magazines, of w rich the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to holders for crochet needles and has for its object to provide such a holder having means for interchangeably carrying any one oi .a series of needles in operative position.

Another object is to provide a holder or handle having a magazine cavity for holding one or more needles of a different type or of a reserve supply. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds. I

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end out the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a holder constructed substantially in accordance with this invention, showing a crochet needle carried thereby in operative position.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the device as illustrated in Figure 1 showing a needle of a different type arranged in the magazine cavity in the handle.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure l is a detailed elevation of the socketed plug in the end or the holder for receiving the inner end or the needlewhen clamped in operative position.

The holder comprises a hollow cylindrical handle 1, preferably made of sheet metal with one end portion formed into screw threads 2 adapted to receive the correspondingly threaded portion 3 of a cap 1, which is also preferably made of sheet metal, as best shown in Figure 2. The other end of the tubular handle 1 is closed by a plug 5 of any suitable material which is preferably secured permanently therein by solder, cement, or other suitable means. Said plug projects beyond the tubular handle 1 and is provided with an annular groove 6 adjacent the end thereof. At the other side of the groove 6 the plug 5 is formed with external screw Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Q1 tine 27, B122.

Application filed May 1921. Serial No. 167,747.

threads 7, while beyond said screw threads the extremity of the plug is tapered at 8. in axial socket 9 enters said tapered end S and extends partially through the plug.

A clamping member 10, preferably of sheet metal, has an internal screw threaded portion 11 adapted to engage the external screw threads 7'on the plug, while the outer end port-ion of said clamping member is tapered at 12 and extends beyond the end of said plug forming a chamber 13 for holding a plurality of clamping balls 14. The eiztremity oi the tapered portion of the meml er has an opening 15 similar in size and arranged in axial alignment with the socket 9 in the plug 5 so that when said clamping member 10 is screwed outwardly to enlarge the chamber 13, a crochet needle 16 may be inserted through the opening 15 into the socket 9, after which said clamping member may be screwed on for engaging the balls with an annular groove 17 in the shank of the needle, whereby said needle is clamped rigidly to the holder or handle 1 in position for use. After the clamping member 10 is assembled on theplug 5, the inner edge of the former is turned inward to form a flange 18 arranged in the groove 6 of the plu whereby said clamping member is retained on the plug but allowed suiiicient range of movement for releasing and clamping the balls 1 1, as is required for changing needles.

The interiors of? the cylindrical handle 1 and cap 1 constitute a magazine cavity or chamber 19 in which one or more needles may be carried when-notin use. One such needle 20 is shown in Figure 2, but it will be understood that several others may be accommodated with it in the'magazine. needle 20 is "formed with a round nose 21 and sharp hook 22 for use in beading work, whereas the needle 16 has a sharp nose 23 and blunt hook 2%: for use in ordinary crocheting. It will thus be seen that with the magazine holder herein shown and described different styles may be interchangeably used, and that needles not in use at a particular time may be conveniently carried in the magazine where they will be always at hand when needed.

I claim:

1. A needle holder having a hollow tubular body of sheet metal open at one end, a cap to fit over said open end of the body for retaining needles within the same, an axially socketed plug closing the other end of the The tubular body, a clamping member of sheet metal adjustable on said plug and having its outer surface flush with that of said tubular body, and needle clamping means carried by said clamping member.

2. A needle holr er having a hollow tubular body of sheet metal open at one end, a'

cap to fit over said open end for retaining needles Within said tubular body, an axially socketed plug closing the other end of the tubular body and having external screw threads and an annular groove in its outer PETER TILL. 

